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Carmen McRae

Jazz Singer born on

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Profession
Jazz Singer
Died
Nov 10, 1994
Zodiac
Aries
Born in
New York
About
Significant 20th-century jazz vocalist who performed with Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Betty Carter, and other renowned musicians. She received an NAACP Image Award and a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters Honor.
Family
She grew up in Harlem, New York as the daughter of Jamaican and Costa Rican immigrants. Her two marriages were to musicians Ike Isaacs and Kenny Clarke.

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